a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
cysticercosis in American English
(ˌsɪstəsərˈkousɪs)
noun
Pathology
infestation with the larval form of beef or pork tapeworm, producing fever, malaise, muscle pain, and other symptoms depending on the area of the body affected
Word origin
[1900–05; cysticerc(us) + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, decompression, elder statesman, hookup, hormone-osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)
Examples of 'cysticercosis' in a sentence
cysticercosis
The diagnosis of racemose cysticercosis was made on biopsy.
Anupama Chandrappa, Rajesh Raman, Suchetha Satish 2018, 'A Rare Case of Enhancing Anterior Interhemispheric Racemose Neurocysticercosis withFoci of Calcification and Direct Parenchymal Extension', Journal of Global Radiologyhttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jgr/vol4/iss1/1/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Orbital cysticercosis presents with limitations of ocular motility in 75% of patients.
Akhilesh K Singh, Prabhat K Agrwal, Juned Ahmad, Ashish Gautam 2015, 'Bilateral proptosis as a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis', Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Universityhttp://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2015;volume=8;issue=2;spage=210;epage=212;aulast=Singh. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Systemic manifestation of such diseases as cysticercosis, paragonimiasis, hydatidosis, and toxoplasmosisare fairly common.
Das D, Islam S, Bhattacharjee H, Deka A, Yambem D, Tahiliani PS, Deka P, BhattacharyyaP, Deka S, Das K, Bharali G, Deka A, Paul R 2014, 'Parasitic diseases of zoonotic importance in humans of northeast India, with specialreference to ocular involvement', Eye and Brainhttp://www.dovepress.com/parasitic-diseases-of-zoonotic-importance-in-humans-of-northeast-india-peer-reviewed-article-EB. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the relation between cysticercosis and neoplasia.
Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Grace Kelly Naves de AquinoRibeiro, Lívia Ferreira Oliveira, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Vicente de Paula AntunesTeixeira 2013, 'Association between Cysticercosis and Neoplasia: A Study Based on Autopsy Findings',The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/895942. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total of 1,912 hospital discharges with clinical cysticercosis were identified.
Zaida Herrador, Amalia Fernandez-Martinez, Agustín Benito, Rogelio Lopez-Velez 2018, 'Clinical Cysticercosis epidemiology in Spain based on the hospital discharge database:What's new?', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseaseshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5886389?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Taenia solium causes two diseases in humans, cysticercosis and taeniosis.
Fela Mendlovic, Mayra Cruz-Rivera, Guillermina Ávila, Gilberto Vaughan, Ana Flisser 2015, 'Cytokine, antibody and proliferative cellular responses elicited by Taenia soliumcalreticulin upon experimental infection in hamsters.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374884?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Out of the 13 seropositive patients for cysticercosis, 46.1% presented parenchymal cysticercotical damage.
Francisca Inês de Sousa Freitas, Antonio Meza-Lucas, Carlos Barbosa Lima, Walfredoda Costa, Ailton Melo 2005, 'Estudo da cisticercose em pacientes portadores de epilepsia residentes em municípiosdo Cariri paraibano Cysticercosis research in epileptic patients dwelling in townsof the western Cariri in the State of Paraíba, Brazil', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2005000400019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The histological diagnosis was consistent with cysticercosis.
Sharma S, Sharma Nalini, Yeolekar M 2010, 'Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis', Indian Journal of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2010;volume=43;issue=2;spage=210;epage=212;aulast=Sharma. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The prevalence of taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis was estimated annually.
Uffe Christian Braae, Pascal Magnussen, Wendy Harrison, Benedict Ndawi, Faustin Lekule,Maria Vang Johansen 2016, 'Effect of National Schistosomiasis Control Programme on Taenia solium taeniosis andporcine cysticercosis in rural communities of Tanzania', Parasite Epidemiology and Controlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673116300186. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)